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the Signature Welcome New Students! Welcome new students to Lexington, SLIS, and LISSO’s Signature Newsletter! We publish the Signature online to help students and faculty (no matter where there are in the state or beyond) stay connected. We also encourage you all to submit pieces for the newsletter—send us your announcements, events, opinions, news, etc. In this issue, you will find some student and faculty spotlight interviews, an opinion piece, calendar of events, and much more. As we are underway in the semester, it’s important to stay connected with your

classmates to keep sane in graduate school and to have lots of contacts as we graduate and go our separate ways! So please connect with LISSO on Facebook, through the blog, meetings, and this newsletter. But also go beyond the online world and meet up to enjoy to fun, food, and entertainment Lexington has to offer. For those distance-learners, you can use Facebook to meet up with other students in your area! LISSO already has some great events planned for the semester so we hope to see you soon!

Inside this issue: Welcome New Students

A Lexington Bucket List

Calendar of Events

Faculty Spotlight

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LISSO Spotlight

A Lexington Bucket List The Lexington HeraldLeader recently published an ar cle, “The Kentucky Bucket List: 50 things to see, do and eat in the commonwealth before you die.” I’ve been in Kentucky a number of

years, so I went through the list, checking oﬀ the experiences I’ve known. Just a few of my favorites from the list I strongly suggest to anyone in Kentucky, no ma er how short your stay:

“Eat a tomato s ll warm from the sun while standing in the garden where it was grown. Consider any slight gri ness a condiment.” Cont’d next page

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help but be taken with the unbridled spirit of the Commonwealth and the many “Visit Mammoth Cave” treasures it holds. So in “Take a sip at all the dis ll- that same spirit, we’ve eries on the Bourbon Trail. compiled a Lexington BuckIt's the essence of sophis - et List: 25 things to see, do, ca on and American's only and eat before you die… from graduate school. So na ve spirit, and 95 percent of it is produced here.” as you read through this issue, take note of the best A er reading through the of Lexington! list, any Kentuckian can’t “Find a fence row and pick some blackberries. “

Stop in the Central Branch of Lexington Public Library to admire the Ceiling Clock and Foucault Pendulum. In 2001, Lexing-

ton philanthropist Lucille Caudill Li le dreamed of a huge ceiling clock adorning the Central Library rotunda. Due to her generosity, her dream became a reality. Today, the rotunda has been transformed by the world’s largest ceiling clock, a ﬁve story Foucault pendulum and a frieze depic ng the history of the horse in the Bluegrass. (h p:// www.lexpublib.org/page/ceiling-clockfoucault-pendulum)

Take a stroll through downtown’s Gratz Park.

The Gratz Park Historic District is one of the most beau ful areas in downtown Lexington, comprised of a city park, several large residences, and the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning (the original Lexington Public Library). (h p:// www.nps.gov/nr/travel/lexington/gra.htm)

Volunteer at one of Seed Leaf’s community gardens. The nonproﬁt focus-

es on growing, sharing, cooking, and recycling food in Lexington. The Bluegrass is known for its high-quality soil that makes great horses and great food. Seed Leaf is a great opportunity to experience the rewarding farming/gardening experience without leaving town. (h p:// www.seedleaf.org/)

Run, walk, skip, or dance in Lexington’s Shamrock Shuﬄe. The

3K run welcomes families, dogs, and costumes to make for a fun morning on St. Pa y’s before heading to one of our many Irish Pubs. (h p:// www.shamrockshuﬄe3k.com/)

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Take a country cruise through Bluegrass Country. Take a quiet

bike or drive through the county to admire the beau ful landscapes and horse farms that make Lexington unique. *Did you know: Lexington became the na on’s ﬁrst city to enact a growth boundary or ‘green belt’ in order to preserve the surrounding farm land and prevent urban sprawl.* (h p://www.visitlex.com/idea/horsefarms.php; h p://www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx? page=608)

Experience a UK spor ng event. Of

course, men’s basketball at Rupp and tailga ng at the newly remodeled Commonwealth Stadium are spectacular and most popular. But don’t forget about the cheaper and just as fun Midnight on Ice hockey games, baseball, so ball, gymnas cs, and other Cats athletes! (h p://www.ukathle cs.com/)

Be a zombie in Lexington’s Thriller Parade. What be er way to celebrate Halloween? It’s an impressive recrea on – so be ready to prac ce! (h p:// www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=1881)

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A end a Keeneland Meet. Held in both fall and spring, a Keeneland meet is a Lexington treat. Also check out the fall sale, which is free and open to the public! (h p://www.keeneland.com)

Visit the UK Art Museum.

With exhibi ons and a permanent collecon, the museum invites us all to interpret and share the works they collect from a variety of cultures. The current exhibi on, “THE VEIL: Visible and Invisible Spaces,” is on view un l October 9 (free for all students, faculty, staﬀ, and alum!) and is deﬁnitely worth seeing. (h p://www.uky.edu/

ArtMuseum/)

Take a morning walk/run through the UK Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky. The Arboretum began in 1991 and is connuing to boast 100 acres of year-round color and plants. Stresses melt away among the 100 acres of marvelous sights and sounds of our gardens. In the heart of Lexington, The Arboretum is easily accessible from any loca on in town. The rose garden and recent installment of the Kentucky Children’s Garden are a must see – and it’s free! (h p://www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum/index.php) cont’d on page 7

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Downtown Lexington Corporation Event Calendar: http://www.downtownlex.com/calendar/events/

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Wildcat W SLA Student Chapter Mee ng @ 4:30 pm Free Studen @ 8:0 SLIS Conference Room King Alum

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LISSO Meeting @ 4:30 pm SLIS Conference Room

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Don’t forget: Oct. 4th *free* Gratz Park Walking

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This logo signiﬁes a LISSO sponsored event. The details for all LISSO events including direc ons, carpooling, what to bring, etc. will be sent out via email on the listserv and posted to the LISSO Facebook page closer to the event date.

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LISSO Picnic @ 11:00 am Woodland Park

SLIS Lunch-n-Learn: Librarians from Japan RSVP with SLIS

Wednesday nt Breakfast 00 am mni Bldg

ie’ Hour 7:00 pm ’s on High St.

15 Trivia Night @ 8:00 pm Winchell’s

LexArts Gallery Hop @ 5:00—8:00 www.galleryhoplex.com

ScareFest: The biggest horror and paranormal conference in the Southeast September 23—25; h p:// www.thescarefest.com/

KSMA Joint Conference: Informa on...The Library Super Power mber 28—October 1

Tour @ 9:30 am, RSVP to wade.bishop@uky.edu

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Page 7 SLIS Welcomes New Faculty With all the new faculty members on board, we plan to spotlight them all in various ways so we can all get to know each other a li le be er! First up is an interview with Dr. Ning Yu.

Name: Ning Yu Educa onal Background: I got both my PhD and Master in Informa on Science from Indiana University at Bloomington Research Interests: Informa on Retrieval and Text Mining/ Classiﬁca on are the main theme of my research. To be more speciﬁc, I am interested in leveraging human exper se and informa on technology to not only retrieve relevant informa on but also provide the user with mul perspec ve of the result space. Currently, I am

working on sen ment analysis, which automa cally extract opinions/emo ons for user interested topics. Current Read: Future Science by Max Brockman Can’t Live Without: Rice, MacBook Favorite experience in Kentucky so far: Haven't really done anything yet, but look forward to watching some horse racing and hiking in red river gorge during the fall.

very pleasant and the coast was stunning. Hobbies: Travel, Zumba, Baking

Thanks Dr. Ning for the Best travel memory: A new interview! year trip in Oregon: the drive from Portland to a small town Florence was

how long your stay is in Lexington (or anywhere), make me to advocate for our public libraries. We are all aware of the poor economy, cut funding, and increased use of our public libraries. Become immersed in the community, even if only for a year or two, and show support! (h p://www.lexingtonky.gov/; h p:// kentucky.gov/Pages/home.aspx; h p:// www.lrc.state.ky.us/)

throughout the week and indoors in the winter, there’s no be er way to experience the best of Kentucky through fresh produce, meats, cheeses, eggs, cra s, ﬂowers, and more. (h p:// lexingtonfarmersmarket.com/)

Write a le er, email, Tweet, Facebook, call, holler at, and visit a representa ve in local or state government showing support for public libraries. No ma er

Buy some fresh goods from the Lexington Farmer’s Market. Open

Quench your thirst at a Lexington Legends Thirsty Thursday. Experi-

ence America’s favorite pas me with our oﬃcial minor league baseball team. Always entertaining and an inexpensive night of fun – Thursday games have the added pleasure of $1 beers! (h p:// web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t495) cont’d on page 9

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et cetera In reference back to that Herald-Leader Kentucky Bucket List, one of the items they included was “Read the works of Wendell Berry.” I recently had the fortunate event to hear the ac vist, farmer, environmentalist, and writer read aloud one of his short stories, “Sold.” It’s hard to put into words the heart-wrenching nature of his ﬁc on story about farm life and growing old. It’s a story I’ve seen play out me and me again in real life as someone born and raised in the rural south.

So why share this story? Right there in front of me I saw everyone that had a connec on to this Sustainable Ag program – students from across the country, faculty, educators, local restaurant owners and chefs, Good Food’s Co-op staﬀ, farmers, writers, university administra on – all making connec ons, networking, sharing, laughing, and happy. Which, let’s be real, it isn’t too hard to bring people together around great food. But I was envious of these students and faculty and the community they had built, especially considering the Sustainable Ag program only has a few years under its belt. Their educa on, passions, and values melded into one beau ful night of shared belief that it’s worth it and possible.

spoke about her ini a ve in the July/ August 2011 ALA Magazine: “Empowering Voices will develop addional tools and training for all types of libraries to assess their respec ve community’s strengths, to iden fy and recruit the most eﬀec ve people to tell of the transforma onal power of libraries, and then to empower community members to take ac on and use their voices to showcase why libraries ma er.”

So what community are we a part of now? How can we collec vely use our I heard Berry’s story at a tent party of voice to advocate and celebrate? As I am sorts at UK’s South Farm. The organic leaving the program as a student, I urge sec on of the Farm serves as a learning us all (especially those entering the ground for students in the Sustainable school) to use any outlet possible to exAgriculture program and provides the press what we need to create that expeCommunity Supported Agriculture sharerience, to share the belief, and climb I believe we aren’t too diﬀerent than the program to students and faculty. Lucky over the digital walls to make those constudents I witnessed at the tent party. for me, my partner is in the Sustainable nec ons – not just a Facebook group or a We probably aren’t all in this program Ag program and works at the Farm Twi er following – but real connec ons, for the money we’ll make someday, but ge ng me an invite to this tent party real faces, and a real community that that featured local food, wine, bourbon, rather we have a golden opportunity to ends the night by shakin’ a leg in celemeld our educa on with our passion and and Wendell Berry as part of a larger bra on and pure joy for what we’ve Sustainable Ag Educators Conference. As value for making a be er world through done. the work in our community toward insomeone who has a ended other research conferences, I was envious to say creased literacy, access, social responsithe least. By the end of the night, confer- bility, intellectual freedom, and lifelong ence a endees were shakin’ a leg to the learning. I didn’t enter this program (and Read the full-text short story “Sold” by Wendell Berry: h p:// Custom Made Bluegrass Band under the take on more student loans) for a Blackwww.theatlan c.com/magazine/ board screen name and stack of syllabi. archive/2011/08/sold/8568/ tent and stars against a beau ful backAnd thanks to all the people I’ve met ground of grapevines and sunﬂowers through LISSO, class, study groups, Charwith bellies full of Kentucky-cured proSara Wood is in her last semester of the program. She sciu o, veggie sushi, corn fri ers, Valen- lie Brown’s mee ngs, etc.—I have much looks forward to life in Lexington a er gradua on, more ne’s ice cream, and more. One student more than that. me to actually read for leisure, and hopes to someday be a blue ribbon canner. I spoke with had even hitched rides from The current American Libraries Associahis school in Oregon to make it to Kenon (ALA) president, Molly Raphael, tucky and the conference (which was chose one of her primary ini a ves to jointly hosted by Virginia Tech). be, “Empowering Voices: Communi es Speak Out for Libraries.” She recently

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Night Live. Through the summer

and into early fall, Downtown Lexington Corpora on puts on live music and food and drink vendors for the town. A great me to come together with the community for an a ernoon of dancing and socializing! (h p:// www.downtownlex.com/thursdaynight-live-concerts)

friendly, the live music through the week is a great me to get out of the house and enjoy food or drink with some of our best local musicians. (h p://www.jazzartsfounda on.org/; h p:// southlandjamboree.org/)

Visit the Lexington History Museum. Stop by the beau ful, former court-

house building to learn how Lexington became “Athens of the West” and about the Lincoln-Todd roots in the town. (h p://www.lexingtonhistorymuseum.org)

See a show at The Historic Kentucky Theater. With new shows, classic series, Rocky Horror Picture

Show at midnight, and live tapings of Woodsongs Radio Show, the theater is sure to have something you like. (h p:// www.kentuckytheater.com/)

See an exhibit or take a class at The Living Arts & Science Center. With classes for everyone from 18 months to adults, the Center housed in a beau ful home is the perfect place to express some crea vity. (h p:// www.lasclex.org/ )

Pack a picnic for Jazz in the Park and Southland Jamboree (Bluegrass). Family and pet

Eat a “meat and three” country style dish and a piece of Missy’s Pie at Ramsey’s Diner. Open since 1989, Ramsey’s is a Lexington staple. There are four loca ons around town, but the one on High St. is most popular. (h p:// www.ramseysdiners.com/)

A end an event at The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center. Originally

built as a movie house in 1948, the cultural icon was the booming entertainment centerpiece un l 1963. Recently renovated and reopened in October 2010, the Lyric promises to be once again as popular as it was 50 years ago when it hosted everything from movies to pageants to musicians like B.B. King. (h p://www.lexingtonlyric.com)

Have a cozy, winter evening at Charlie Brown’s bar. With comfy couches and invi ng ﬁreplaces, Charlie Brown’s

is a must for young hipsters. Oh, the endless shelves of books lining the walls are another draw for SLIS students! (h p://www.charliebrownslex.com/)

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Spotlight LISSO The Library and Informa on Science Student Organiza on has long held an important role for the SLIS community. While our professional development is impera ve, o en mes some of the best networking and connec ons are made in a social se ng.

Past LISSO oﬃcers have o en used skills gained through service to land jobs, win recogni on, and overall have an enriched experience here at school. As some of the current oﬃcers graduate and LISSO transi ons to the next group of leaders, we would

like to spotlight the driving force behind much of LISSO’s success over the past year. Chelsey Spencer is the current President of LISSO and will be gradua ng this December.

Name: Chelsey Spencer Birthday: May 5, 1987 Educa on Creden als: Bachelor of Arts from Transylvania University in English, minor in Spanish Language and Literature. This is my 5th semester in the SLIS program (2 1/2 years). LISSO Experience: I a ended several LISSO events and mee ngs in my first year of the program, and then got involved as an officer (President) at the end of my second semester. What’s been the most beneficial experience as LISSO President?: There are so many things that have been beneficial! The contacts that I have made during my me as LISSO President are so valuable. I've go en to work closely with faculty and fellow student leaders, and I've met so many more people in the program than I ever would have otherwise.

yogurt place in the Lexington Green Mall area). They have a live band from 8-10pm, and people bring their lawn chairs, kids and dogs to sit around, eat fro-yo and listen to local bands. My other favorites are Keeneland meets (spring and fall), and touring the bourbon dis lleries and wineries in the area. Best class you’ve had at UK: Instruc onal Services (LIS 625) with Dr. O'Connor. Not only do I love Dr. O'Connor as a professor, but the class oﬀered training in an aspect of LIS in which I had no prior experience. I also really liked the comprehensive layout of the class assignments - they all built up to the ﬁnal project.

Plans a er gradua on: I will stay in Lexington a er gradua on, and hopefully con nue working in my current posi on in the Health Educa on Center, a health informa on library for pa ents and families in the UK Chandler Medical Center. My department is working now to get a beneﬁted posi on approved by the me I One piece of advice for incoming students: Get involved! It sounds cheesy, but it is so easy to go through graduate in December. And this job started as an unpaid internship / professional ﬁeld experience! the program and not make any real connec ons with your professors and peers. Making friends and netHow has LISSO helped you achieve future goals?: I've working with students, faculty, and library professionmade some great contacts, learned to lead mee ngs, als is so important because the contacts you make as a and go en very comfortable speaking to groups - these student can greatly help you throughout your career. have already helped me in my current posi on. I know I will take advantage of the contacts I've made in school Favorite thing to do in Lexington: My new favorite summer ac vity is Friday Night Live at Fro Jo's (a frozen throughout the rest of my career.

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Be sure to contact LISSO to ﬁnd out what involvement opportuni es there are for you! Oﬃcer posi ons are available and the group is always welcome to crea ng a new posion in an area of your interest! Be sure to ‘Like’ UK LISSO on Facebook to keep up with all the events in store for the semester which will include a Halloween Party, trivia nights, Friday’s at Five, and much, much more!

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Have a tasty cup o’ joe at one of the many bistros. Common Grounds,

Third Street Stuff, and Natasha’s are just a few of the great coffee shops serving a variety of fair trade drinks and a bite to eat. Great place for ge ng some homework done or enjoying an open-mic night, too! (h p://www.commongroundsoflexington.com/; h p:// thirdstreetstuff.com/; h p://www.beetnik.com/)

Grab a pint and slice at Pazzo’s Pizza Pub. The menu is dizzying

with so many ale and lager and pizza choices. Go on Wednesday to try the special pint and take your pint glass home with you! But for pizza Lexington has many great choices. Also try Mellow Mushroom, Joe Bologna’s, or Naked Pizza. (h p://www.pazzospizzapub.com/; h p:// www.mellowmushroom.com/; h p:// joebolognas.com/; h p://www.nakedpizza.biz/)

Enjoy the outdoors at a city park. Fly a kite

and paddleboat at Jacobson Park or sit under one of the many oak trees in Woodland Park. (h p://www.lexingtonky.gov/ index.aspx?page=253)

See an exhibit in UK’s Special Collec ons. We stay so busy

with school we some mes forget the enjoyment of the school libraries as patrons! Special Collec ons staﬀ in King Building put on some great exhibits showcasing Kentucky history and other treasures from the stacks. (h p://www.uky.edu/ Libraries/libpage.php?llib_id=13&lweb_id=111)

The list could go on. But in conjunc on with the Kentucky Bucket List, you’ll be busy for a while! So what did we miss? What else must be done before leaving Lexington? Let us know - lissouk@gmail.com. Read more: h p://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/17/1777221/the-kentucky-bucket-list-eatdrink.html#storylink=misearch#ixzz1USOb8D6j